The truth is that when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs.
事实上，差错很可能是我们自己，而不是铁路当局的。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

truth [trʊθ] 词频1
n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;
💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness 反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
occur [ə'kɝ] 词频1 词根: cur
vi. 发生;出现;闪现;
💡 oc向+cur 跑 → 某个方向跑 → 发生
"When exactly did the incident occur?"
这一事件究竟是什么时候发生的？
近义：arise, issue, pass, supervene, transpire, bechance
likely ['laɪkli] 词频1
adj. 可能的;适合的;有希望的; adv. 可能;或许;大概;多半;
💡 like可能 + ly...的\/地 → a.可能的 ad.很可能
"Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble."
这种糕饼用米粉做不那么容易碎。
近义：inclined, apt, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible 反义：imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
theirs [ðɛrz] 词频3
pron. 他们的;他的或她的;
"Theirs are the children with very fair hair."
他们的孩子是那些长着满头金发的。
近义：hers, his
ours [ɑrz] 词频2
pron. 我们的;
"It is interesting to compare their situation and ours."
把他们的状况与我们的相比很有意思。

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.
于是他又发了一份传真，通知那位记者说，若再不迅速答复，将被解雇。
The man let out cry and jumped back several paces.
那人大叫了一声，惊退了几步。
One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greewich.
人们在格林威治仍可看到19世纪最有名的帆船之一“卡蒂萨克”号。
We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt.
当某人被证据确凿地证明无罪的时候，我们也许会说正义得到了伸张。
The quiet life of the country ahs never appealed to me.
宁静的乡村生活从来没有吸引过我。
Some really keen enthusiasts go so far as to build their own computers.
有些热衷于自己动手的人甚至自己组装电脑。